The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dunstable region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 26 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Dunstable region.

Location
3 months to
26 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 27 1 7
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +6
Permanent jobs citing SQL 2 14 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunstable 1.754% 43.75% 9.375%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.33% 58.33% 37.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2 11 3
Average salary £26,000 £39,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-34.17% +12.85%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.85%
All Programming Languages
Dunstable
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
6 24 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunstable 5.263% 75.00% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4 21 8
Average salary £26,000 £39,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-34.17% +12.85%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SQL
Bedfordshire

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SQL across the Dunstable region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Dunstable SQL Jobs Demand Trend

SQL
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL across the Dunstable region.

Dunstable SQL Salary Trend

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 26 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dunstable region citing SQL also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited SQL.

1 10 (62.50%) VB
1 10 (62.50%) .NET
2 8 (50.00%) FoxPro (VFP)
2 8 (50.00%) XAML
2 8 (50.00%) VB6
3 7 (43.75%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 7 (43.75%) Unit Testing
4 6 (37.50%) Oracle
5 5 (31.25%) Java
5 5 (31.25%) PL/SQL
5 5 (31.25%) Finance
6 4 (25.00%) WebLogic
6 4 (25.00%) UNIX
6 4 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
6 4 (25.00%) Ruby
6 4 (25.00%) Degree
6 4 (25.00%) Silverlight
6 4 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
7 3 (18.75%) C#
7 3 (18.75%) XML
7 3 (18.75%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (18.75%) BEA
7 3 (18.75%) Hibernate
7 3 (18.75%) Spring
7 3 (18.75%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (12.50%) VB.NET
8 2 (12.50%) J2EE
8 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
8 2 (12.50%) JSP
8 2 (12.50%) Struts

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 26 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dunstable region citing SQL also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (62.50%) .NET
2 4 (25.00%) Silverlight
3 3 (18.75%) XML
3 3 (18.75%) Spring
3 3 (18.75%) Hibernate
4 2 (12.50%) Java EE
4 2 (12.50%) JSF
4 2 (12.50%) XSL
4 2 (12.50%) XSLT
4 2 (12.50%) J2EE
4 2 (12.50%) JSP
4 2 (12.50%) Struts
5 1 (6.250%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (6.250%) LINQ
5 1 (6.250%) Web Services
5 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET
5 1 (6.250%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) WebLogic
2 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.250%) SharePoint Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (18.75%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (12.50%) Oracle OWB
3 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 2 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (6.250%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (6.250%) SQLPlus
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (43.75%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (6.250%) Eclipse
2 1 (6.250%) JUnit
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (6.250%) Marketing
3 1 (6.250%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Applications Support
2 4 (25.00%) VB Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Software Developer
3 3 (18.75%) VB6 Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Applications Support Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Support Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) C# Developer
4 2 (12.50%) SQL Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Trainee Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Trainee
4 2 (12.50%) Trainee Support Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Senior VB Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior VB6 Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Java Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Oracle DBA
5 1 (6.250%) DBA
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Mobile App
1 1 (6.250%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (6.250%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Unit Testing
2 4 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (12.50%) ITIL
3 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (6.250%) UML
4 1 (6.250%) OO
4 1 (6.250%) SOA
4 1 (6.250%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (6.250%) TDD
4 1 (6.250%) E-business
4 1 (6.250%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) VB
2 8 (50.00%) FoxPro (VFP)
2 8 (50.00%) XAML
2 8 (50.00%) VB6
3 5 (31.25%) Java
3 5 (31.25%) PL/SQL
4 4 (25.00%) Ruby
5 3 (18.75%) C#
6 2 (12.50%) Korn
6 2 (12.50%) VB.NET
6 2 (12.50%) Shell Script
6 2 (12.50%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (12.50%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Oracle
2 3 (18.75%) BEA